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Carrie L. O’Quinn

August 01, 2018

Carrie O'Quinn debuted the Launch Unit, or Launch-U, standard at the annual Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah on August 6, 2018. This standard, if widely adopted, has the potential to expand and speed access to space for mid-sized satellite developers.

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